Posts Tagged ‘in brief’
The people who originally branded file sharers as pirates get upset that the so-called pirates aren't more upset, Googler Matt Cutts offers a high level explanation of how search engines like Google work, and Internet Explorer 9 won't run on XP. More »
March 19th, 2010
Google Maps for Android Update Makes Searching Far Easier [Updates]
Google's just pushed out a 4.1 update for Google Maps on Android that includes a Latitude home screen widget listing nearby friends, and allowing you to switch between user accounts to change Buzz and starred locations. Yada, yada—the big change for real Maps users is that after searching for a term and clicking on a result, you can swipe the screen left and right to switch between results. No more zooming and ultra-precise finger tapping to get to just what you're looking for. Simply swipe to the right to head over to the next-nearest result. [Official Google Mobile Blog] More »


